: Re: character introduction - should the character's name be repeated multiple times? I am not quite sure whether this question would be a valid one for this site but I am having some doubts and

I tend to have the same problem. My reader said I "over (character's name'ed) the page."

So far I've found it helpful to go back and change some of those (character's name) to (he or she) or (him or her) and see if it loses anything. If it doesn't, then I switch. If by saying "he" or "she" and I find it confusing, then I put the character's name back in.

I tried the "look for nicknames or alternative names for the character" but I found when rereading the passage it could get confusing. For instance I'd sometimes refer to one of my POV character's by name and sometimes "the child". It got confusing when describing "the child" at the playground with other child characters. I ended up going back and removing a lot of the nickname/ alt names. Not to say it won't work, it just didn't work for me.

Since I am still learning and haven't quite figured out how much is too much, I'm not sure how helpful my reply will be. I am eagerly reading the other answers as a guide for my work too.

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: How do I make it so my story happens in an ambiguous time frame? Nothing extreme, of course. No mentions of futuristic time-traveling gadgets or teleportation or the like. Or, conversely, nothing

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